This paper deals with some structural indicators and their evolution, in China and regions, over the period 1981 … changes in the contribution of capital productivity, capital intensity and labour participation to the growth rate of output …, decomposition to assess both the contribution of both capital productivity and capital intensity to total factor productivity (TFP …

This paper studies the impact that import competition from China had on firms performance in the manufacturing sector … cumulative impact on net sales when we account for longer timeframes. Looking at import competition from China in third markets …

The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on …

's (1982) model of learning in a setting where each firm gradually learns about its own productivity, and each occasionally …

in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although … export mix are more important for firm growth in large firms, but not in terms of productivity. In contrast, SMEs can have a … higher potential for productivity improvement through export product churning but this does not translate necessarily in …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

productivity growth. This paper offers a quantitative study on the link between uncertainty and low productivity growth. Firstly … Recession. Secondly, to investigate the effect of uncertainty on productivity growth dynamics, I present a novel general … productivity growth when accounting for the empirical discrepancy between the realised and expected changes to the second-moment of …